A Gift From The Skies (1945)

Nr Oxford, Oxfordshire. Plane wreck dump near Oxford - a place where hundreds of wrecked planes are dumped - many swastikas seen. Aluminium being taken from shot down planes. Several shots of oxyacetylene torches at work cutting the aluminium. Aluminium is to be melted and reused - men cutting aluminium. Pictures of the aluminium being melted down. Good shot of a furnace. Good shots of molten aluminium being poured into ingots. Various shots of stacks of aluminium ingots piled up, checked and being moved on trucks. Several shots of the newly erected houses. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British